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ciøqsay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciøh'say [[...]][i#] [p.]

stone lion found at the entrance of many temples

石獅

• phaq ciøqsay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phaq ciøh'say [[...]][i#] [p.]
  carve a stone lion
  彫石獅

• iong padlaang ee kunthaubør zefng ciøqsay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iong pat'laang ee kuun'thaau'bør zefng ciøh'say [[...]][i#] [p.]
  use someone for your own advantage, to hurt someone for one's own benefits (Lit. use someone else's fist to carve a stone dragon.)
  用別人的拳頭打石獅,損人利己。

eng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: eng (iong) [[...]][i#] [p.]

use, spend, with (an instrument)

用

• Eng padlaang ee kunthaubør zefng ciøqsay. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Eng pat'laang ee kuun'thaau'bør zefng ciøh'say. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  benefit oneself (get a free ride) at the expense of another, be generous at another's expense, rob Peter to pay Paul
  用別人的拳頭打石獅, 損人利己, 慷人之慨.

• eng sva'afky phex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: eng svaf'ar'ky phex [[...]][i#] [p.]
  carry some something in the fold of one's dress
  用衣服的下擺兜

• eng siøf ang'aang ee thiq ux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: eng siøf aang'aang ee thiq ux [[...]][i#] [p.]
  make the iron red-hot and burn with it (to make a hole or mark)
  用燒紅的鐵烙

• eng tek'ar sud [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: eng teg'ar sud [[...]][i#] [p.]
  beat or switch with a thin bamboo
  用竹子抽打

• eng tefng'ar terng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: eng terng'ar terng [[...]][i#] [p.]
  weigh with a small steelyard
  用戥子戥

kunthaubør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kuun'thaau'bør [[...]][i#] [p.]

the fist

拳頭

neh kunthaubør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: neh kuun'thaau'bør [[...]][i#] [p.]

clench one's fist

握拳頭

tve kunthaubør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tve kuun'thaau'bør [[...]][i#] [p.]

clench the fist

握拳頭

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